Pansophism
Pansophism,in older usage oftenpansophy,is a concept in the educational system of universal knowledge proposed byJohn Amos Comenius,a Czech educator. "[Comenius's] second great interest was in furthering theBaconianattempt at the organization of all human knowledge. He became one of the leaders in the encyclopædic or pansophic movement of the seventeenth century ".[1]
Pansophic principle
[edit]The pansophic principle is one of the important principles ofComenius:that everything must be taught to everyone, or in his words "to all men and from all points of view" (Great Didactic), as a guiding basis for education.[2]This continues the idea ofuniversal education(Characteristica universalis).[3]
Pansophismwas a term used generally by Comenius to describe his pedagogical philosophy. His bookPansophiae prodromus(1639) was published in London with the cooperation ofSamuel Hartlib.It was followed byPansophiae diatyposis.Pansophy in this sense has been defined as ‘full adult comprehension of the divine order of things’.[4]He aimed to set up a Pansophic College, a precursor of later academic institutes[5]He wrote his ideas for this in a tractVia lucis,written 1641/2 in London; he had to leave because theEnglish Civil Warwas breaking out, and this work was eventually printed in 1668, in Amsterdam.[6]
The term was not original, having been applied byBartolomeo BarbaroofPaduain hisDe omni scibili libri quadraginta: seu Prodromus pansophiae,from the middle of the sixteenth century.[7]
Pansophic Freemasonry
[edit]A group withinFreemasonryis calledPansophic Freemasonry.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Comenius."The New International Encyclopædia(vol. 5), 1st ed.
- ^"Learning from Nature | Christian History Magazine".Christian History Institute.Retrieved2023-05-16.
- ^Article of Comenius(MS Word),KR:Kangnam,
His education system was focused on teaching everything to everyone, since, from the outset, it was intended to educate all men of society to develop their democratic qualifications. In a word, the system of education proposed by Comenius is universal by its very nature: "as he says, it is 'pansophic', it is intended for all men irrespective of social, or economic position, race or nationality. [...]he attempted to unite all kinds of human knowledge in the universal science of his pansophism on a larger or smaller scale.
[dead link] - ^Czech Baroque Literature,UK:Ox, archived fromthe originalon 2007-10-14.
- ^Literatur,DE:Deutsche Comenius Gesellschaft, archived fromthe originalon 2012-07-29,
If he did not succeed in securing the establishment of the international center, or Pansophic College, for the coordination of the knowledge and sciences of the world, he did participate in, and probably contributed to, the discussions which ultimately resulted in the founding of theRoyal Society.
- ^A biographical time chart,DE:Deutsche Comenius Gesellschaft, archived fromthe originalon 2012-08-04.
- ^On the Historical Source of Sanctian Linguistics,KU, archived fromthe originalon 2005-04-19.
- ^Pansophic,Home temple.
External links
[edit]- Pansophic info,archived fromthe originalon 2008-03-19.
